Musical Symbols
Musical Symbols 2
What's the Italian?
Rhythm Math
What's the Definition
100
The 5 lines and 4 spaces is called the.....
Musical Staff
100
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Repeat sign
100
Soft
Piano
100
Quarter + Quarter + Half + Quarter = How many total beats?
5
100
Crescendo
Slowly get louder
200
The symbol at the start of the music that tells you how many BEATS per MEASURE.
Time Signature
200
"C" at the beginning of your music stands for:
Common Time
200
Loud
Forte
200
Half + Half + Quarter + Quarter + Quarter + Quarter = How many total beats?
8
200
Decrescendo
Slowly get softer
300
This symbol lets you know the song is over.
Double Bar
300
This connects two notes of DIFFERENT pitch.
Slur
300
Medium Loud
Mezzo Forte
300
Two 8th notes + Quarter + Half =
4
300
Dynamics
Volume
400
This connects two notes of the SAME pitch.
A tie
400
This symbol means to RAISE a note by one half step.
Sharp sign #
400
The speed of the music
Tempo
400
Dotted Quarter + Single 8th note + Half
4
400
Soli
One section plays
500
This LOWERS a note by a half step.
A flat sign
500
This is found at the beginning of your music, and tells you which notes are going to be altered.
Key Signature
500
Hold the note longer than its original value
Fermata
500
Dotted Half + Quarter + Dotted Quarter + Single 8th + Half + Whole
12
500
Embouchure
The way your mouth is formed to make a sound on your instrument.